1
: damnable
this damned smog
3
: extraordinary
—used in the superlative
the damnedest contraption you ever saw
Examples of damned in a Sentence
Adjective
only a damned fool would say such a thing
Adverb
it's a damned fine day
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Hunter Ingram, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
Sorry to burst your bubble, Bruce Pearl, but nobody prefers that a 16-14 Auburn team (that’s lost seven of its last nine) make the field instead of one that hasn’t lost all year, strength of schedule be damned.
—Brendan Marks, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Jan. 2026
Jeff looks at things very straightforwardly and is damned fearless, right?
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Related Stories Over and over again, the series from co-creators Ryan Murphy and Matthew Hodgson showed why people would want to take The Beauty, side effects be damned.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
Sorry to burst your bubble, Bruce Pearl, but nobody prefers that a 16-14 Auburn team (that’s lost seven of its last nine) make the field instead of one that hasn’t lost all year, strength of schedule be damned.
—Brendan Marks, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Adverb
And damned if Love isn’t willing to talk, sometimes candidly and other times in maddeningly vague terms, about all the hell she’s gone through to get to right now.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Jan. 2026
Jeff looks at things very straightforwardly and is damned fearless, right?
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Damned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/damned. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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